Jean-Lucq d'Arriule

Jean-Lucq d'Arriule (born November 16, 1774 in Arudy , † September 5, 1850 in Bernes-sur-Oise ) was a French Général de division and with the title Lieutenant-général .

Life

In November 1793, d'Arriule enlisted in the army. He fought in the Revolutionary Wars and was soon able to distinguish himself through bravery. He became a partisan of Napoleon at an early age and supported him in 1798 in the rank of lieutenant in preparing for his campaign to Egypt . He fought at the pyramids (July 21, 1798) and before Abukir (July 25, 1799).

After further promotions, he joined the Italian Army and became a member of General Jacques Darnaud's staff as aide-de-camp .

From 1808, d'Arricule served in the Napoleonic Wars in Spain. He became aide-de-camp of Marshal Charles Pierre François Augereau and as such took part in the fighting near Saragossa (June / August 1808), Tuleda (November 23, 1808), Talavera (July 27/28, 1809), Ocaña ( November 19, 1809), Ciudad Rodrigo (April / June 1810) and Buçaco (September 27, 1810).

In the Russian campaign in 1812 , d'Arriule led a regiment of grenadiers of the Garde impériale with the rank of lieutenant-colonel .

In the same rank he led a regiment of tirailleurs in the battles off Großgörschen (May 2, 1813), Bautzen (May 20/21, 1813) and Dresden (August 26/27, 1813).

After the Battle of Paris (March 30, 1814) and Napoleon's abdication (→ Treaty of Fontainebleau ), d'Arriule switched to King Louis XVIII. Even during Napoleon's “ Reign of the Hundred Days ”, d'Arriule stood by the House of Bourbon .

D'Arriule married on May 23, 1819 in Bernes-sur-Oise Mlle Luce-Marie Barbier-Walbonne and had a daughter with her: Pauline-Lavinie, who in 1844 married the politician Léonce Hallez-Claparède (1813-1870). Between 1826 and 1830, d'Arriule was mayor of Bernes-sur-Oise.

After another foray into politics during the July Revolution of 1830 , d'Arriule finally resigned from office in 1842 and retired into private life.

In 1832 he was awarded the title of Lieutenant-General by King Louis-Philippe I.

His attempt to succeed again in politics during the February Revolution of 1848 failed.

General Jean-Lucq d'Arriule died ten weeks before his 76th birthday on September 5, 1850 in Bernes-sur-Oise, where he found his final resting place.

Honors

• September 14, 1813 Baron de l'Émpire
• December 21, 1813 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• March 21, 1831 Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
• 1814 Chevalier des Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
• His name can be found on the north pillar (9th column) of the Triumphal Arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle ( Paris )

literature

• David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
• Stephen Pope: The Cassell Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars . Cassell, London 1999, ISBN 0-304-35229-2 .
• Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny: Dictionnaire des parlementaires français, vol. 1 . Slatkine, Geneva 2000, ISBN 2-05-101711-5 (reprint of the Paris 1889 edition).
• Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .